Oil marketers have given the federal government a seven-day ultimatum to settle outstanding debts to the sum of N800 billion, failing which depots would cease operation across the country. The marketers, comprising Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN), Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association (DAPPMA) and Independent Petroleum Products Importers (IPPIs), said failure to […]
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Vice President Yemi on Thursday in Abuja said the Federal Government would increase the number of people on anti-retroviral treatment as part of commitment to ending the HIV epidemic by 2030. Osinbajo said this while delivering speech at the commemoration of event in Abuja as part of activities to mark the 2018 World AIDS Day […]
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Over 1000 workers will be employed for the Warri-Itakpe standard gauge rail corridor, says the Federal Government. Mr Fidet Okhiria, the Managing Director, Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Lagos. “It’s about 320km, about 12 stations and we have to engage people […]
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The organised labour on Wednesday said it would demand for two years arrears payment of the proposed new national minimum wage for Nigerian workers from the federal and state governments. Ayuba Wabba, President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) said this when Rosa Pavanelli, General Secretary, Public Service International (PSI), visited him in his office […]
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The Federal Government has approved the sum of N60 billion to support rice production in the country and crash its market price ahead of the festive period. Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh, disclosed this to State House correspondents on Tuesday at the end of the National Food Security Council in Abuja. “The government has approved […]
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says it is ready to negotiate with the federal government over the ongoing industrial action. Biodun Ogunyemi, national president of ASUU, disclosed this to journalists on Wednesday. The union commenced an indefinite strike on November 5. Ogunyemi said the decision was taken due to the poor funding of […]
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The former National Security Adviser Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd) has berated the Federal Government over his continued detention and disobedience to various court orders that admitted him on bails. Dasuki in a strongly worded letter he personally signed and addressed to the Registrar of the Federal High Court Abuja vowed to boycott any proceeding for […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday approved the N30,000 minimum wage recommended by the tripartite committee. He said this while receiving the report of the tripartite committee on the review of the minimum wage, at the presidential villa in Abuja. Earlier, Amma Pepple, chairman of the committee, submitted a report on the agreement with labour to […]
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The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has called off the nationwide industrial action initially scheduled to commence on November 6 to further press for workers’ demand for new national minimum wage. The President of the NLC, Ayuba Wabba, said this on Monday night in Abuja while addressing journalists at the end of a meeting of the […]
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The presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar says the plan of the federal government to sell national assets will cause long-term pains.
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